Comparison

Clocks vs PingoMania

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Clocks

Transform your device into a beautiful clock and weather display. Offers customizable clocks, animated backgrounds, and font options for a personalized experience. It's a private, ad-free alternative to standby modes, with optional matching screensavers for macOS.

Highlights
  • Animated backgrounds
  • Customizable clock variations
  • Font and color options
  • Private and ad-free
  • MacOS screensaver sync
  • Shortcuts support
Features
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The Clocks app transforms your phone, tablet, or mac into a beautiful clock display, perfect for any home office, bedroom, or studio. It's perfect as an alternative to Standby Mode with even more options: ◎ 28+ gorgeous and intentionally designed animated backgrounds ◎ 15+ variations of clocks you can pair in any combination ◎ Some font and font color options for more personalization ◎ Private, no ads. Designed to be simple and stunning. ◎ Pro Park includes a download for matching screen savers on MacOS so your display can match across your entire work setup. ◎ Three clocks and three backgrounds are usable for free! ◎ Best used on a MagSafe charger, but also works on phones without it. ◎ Shortcuts support to allow Clocks to open automatically when connected to a charger Does Clocks open automatically? Not by default, but within Settings there's a tutorial on how to set it up using Shortcuts. Does Clocks replace Standby mode? We think Clocks is better fitted for daytime use and the official Standby for night time. Will you release more packs in the future? Yes! I plan on designing more backgrounds and clocks in future updates, some which will be free some which will be paid (but affordable). Roadmap - Coming soon: - Timers - More font options and settings

About

PingoMania

Features
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Pingomania shows whether your websites and public network resources work for people in the regions and networks that matter to you. FOR CUSTOMERS • Add websites and public HTTP/HTTPS resources. • Run an on-demand check from a selected region. • Configure monitoring frequency, regions, and the number of independent devices. • See availability, response details, screenshots, and recent reports. • Receive push and email alerts after confirmed monitoring problems. • Add check credits securely with App Store in-app purchases. FOR PARTICIPANTS • Make your device available during the hours you choose. • Review every proposed check before it starts. • Run short checks only after your explicit confirmation. • See your completion and reliability statistics. • Pause availability at any time. PRIVACY AND SAFETY Pingomania does not run arbitrary customer code. Checks are limited to supported public-network operations. A participant’s precise location is not shown to customers. The app explains every check before it runs, and background notifications never start checks automatically.

Screenshots

Clocks4 screens
PingoMania3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: PingoMania at 4 against Clocks's 2. PingoMania also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Clocks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PingoMania sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Clocks versus PingoMania: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterClocksPingoMania
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (471 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews59.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings471 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel DestefanisOPSoft Inc.

Bugs and requests

Clocks

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Infinite loop of pop-up ads when trying to use the app

Requested features

3 requests
  • Timer with start/stop functionality
  • Numbered screen savers for easier selection
  • Widget support

PingoMania

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Clocks

One-time1
  • Clocks Pro Pack$3.99
3 purchases

PingoMania

One-time3
  • 5,000 Pingomania Credits$4.99
  • 15,000 Pingomania Credits$14.99
  • 50,000 Pingomania Credits$49.99

Questions

Is Clocks free?
Clocks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PingoMania free?
PingoMania is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Clocks or PingoMania have ads?
Neither Clocks nor PingoMania shows ads.

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